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Spite for Spite is a new American translation of the 17th century masterpiece, El desden con el desden by Augustin Moreto. One of the most popular comedies in the classical Spanish repertoire, this witty battle of the sexes has been translated for the first time from the original Golden Age castilian into clear and playable English verse, maintaining all the intricate rhyme schemes, elaborate wordplay, romantic poetry, and inspired foolery of the original.

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Dakin Matthews is currently the Manager of the Antaeus Company at the Mark Taper Forum and a dramaturge for the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. For five years he was the Artistic Director of the Berkley Shakespeare Festival, and before that of the California Actors Theatre. He is an Emeritus Professor of English at California State University Hayward and has acted, taught, and directed in major theatres and training schools across the country. His scripts-adaptations, translations, originals-have been performed in many major regional theatres. Mr. Matthews has appeared in over 150 professional plays, thirty feature films, and over 100 television shows.

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